Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
7-11-2017
Abstract
There is increasing evidence that all cells sense mechanical forces in order to perform their functions. In animals, mechanotransduction has been studied during the establishment of cell polarity, fate, and division in single cells, and increasingly is studied in the context of a multicellular tissue. What about plant systems? Our goal in this review is to summarize what is known about the perception of mechanical cues in plants, and to provide a brief comparison with animals.
Originally Published In
BMC Biology 2017 15:59 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0403-5
Recommended Citation
Hamant, Olivier and Haswell, Elizabeth S., "Life behind the wall: sensing mechanical cues in plants" (2017). Biology Faculty Publications & Presentations. 142.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bio_facpubs/142
Comments
Life behind the wall: sensing mechanical cues in plants. Olivier Hamant and Elizabeth S. Haswell. BMC Biology 2017 15:59 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0403-5
© Hamant et al. 2017